Dec 2: Oceanic vs. Mooseheads preview

RIMOUSKI OCEANIC VS HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS
Puck drops at 4:00pm
TV: Webcast | Radio: News 95.7 | Live: @HFXMooseheads
Colisée de Rimouski (5,062) ~ Rimouski, QC

Your Halifax Mooseheads are back in action and will be facing another tough opponent this afternoon in the Rimouski Oceanic as they travel to Rimouski to finish up the road trip in Quebec. The Oceanic have been a hot team as of late with a 7-1-1 record after a slow start to the season. Rimouski and Halifax have very similar records with the Oceanic having two extra losses and the Moose having one more win on them. The Mooseheads had a much better game Friday night which saw their three game losing streak snapped in favor of their 5-2 win over the Cataractes. Rimouski has the fourth best goaltender in the league so far this season in Chase Ellis who has a 2.44 goals against average and 12 victories while Halifax has reached the century goal mark they will be looking to start the next century out strong. Alexis Lafrenière has played very well for the Oceanic and looks to be on pace to surpass his career high in points, he has 46 points in 27 games in 2018-19. The Herd will need to shut him down this afternoon if they have any chance of winning. In goal, I would be surprised if we don’t see Ellis versus Alex Gravel.

Overall Records
Oceanic: 16-9-2-0 = 34pts (7th overall, 2nd in East division)
Mooseheads: 18-7-1-0 = 37pts (5th overall, 2nd in Maritimes division)

Leading Scorers
HAL: Samuel Asselin 33pts (18G & 15A), Benoit-Olivier Groulx 29pts (14G & 15A), Raphael Lavoie 28pts (14G & 14A)
RIM: Alexis Lafrenière 46pts (16G & 30A), Jimmy Huntington 37pts (20G & 17A), Charle-Edward D'Astous 36pts (8G & 28A)

Previous Games
Rimouski is coming off of a 6-1 victory Friday evening against Victoriaville. Jimmy Huntington led the charge for the Oceanic with two goals while Carmine-Anthony Pagliarulo made 22 saves to pick up the win against the Tigres.

Halifax is coming off a 5-3 victory on Friday evening against the Cataractes on the road. Samuel Asselin had a hat trick and an assist to lead the way for the Mooseheads while Alex Gravel took the win, stopping 14 of  Shawinigan’s 16 shots.

Head-to-Head
December 2  4pm  Mooseheads at Oceanic
January 4  7pm  Oceanic at Mooseheads

Out of Town
Acadie-Bathurst vs. Rouyn Noranda - 3:00pm
Charlottetown vs. Val-D'or - 3:00pm
Drummondville vs. Blainville-Boisbriand - 4:00pm
Sherbrooke vs. Victoriaville - 4:00pm
Chicoutimi vs. Baie-Comeau - 5:00pm

After the Buzzer
Halifax will travel home to take on the Saint John Sea Dogs to open up a five game home stand to close out the first half of the season. Puck drops at 7pm.